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As for best new actress how about Megumi Han? I would have also said Asami Seto but I am not sure if she is considered new.

The description says "Award for noteworthy performances from an actress who debuted within the last five years" so Asami Seto definitely counts. She debuted in 2011 IIRC.

I'm pleased Kana Asumi won the Best actress award. As for Yuki Kaji, while I don't hate him anymore, I don't know how to feel about this.... None of his performances this past year seemed particularly noteworthy.

Kaori Ishihara really caught my attention this year so I'm glad to see her recognized, she singlehandedly made me tune in to Rinne no Lagrange every week to hear her as Madoka in Rinne no Lagrange despite the fact I didn't like where the plot was going.

Despite how some of us might feel about Yuki Kaji I think he is popular and well liked in Japan. If he wasn't he wouldn't be getting so many lead roles.

As for my opinion of him I admit it was colored by the types of roles he often gets cast in. This might actually be unfair to him. He's never done a performance that has really wowed me yet but I realize when he plays characters like Satoru, Variation, and Alibaba (although Alibaba does whine a bit) he doesn't annoy me nearly as much. So perhaps it was just the voice he used for certain characters I disliked.

Subaru Hasegawa and Haruyuki Arita (should I say controversial?) comes into mind. Or maybe his role in Magi?

Subaru is a role from 2011. Not familiar with the other one. His best role in 2012 was probably Alibaba in Magi. For this year, it's definitely Satoru in Shin Sekai Yori, which might just be his best role so far.

@Kanon Haruyuki "Haru" Arita is the lead male of Accel World. But anyways, what I really liked about Yuki Kaji is his vocal range. He can voice a deep-voiced badass character one second and then a high-pitched whiny character the next.

Congratulations to all the winners. There were funny moments like the announcer confusing Junichi Suwabe for Yuki Ono and how Suwabe make a small joke out of it in the speech, moments like Kazutomi Yamamoto crying on stage and Kamiyan looking like he was close to doing the same and there were some great speeches by the recipients both young and old. This probably sounds like bias coming from me but one of the best speeches (if not the best) was probably Kaji's and I'm not saying this just because I'm a massive fanboy of his.

I like the kimonos that the two ladies sitting next to Kaji-san(I think it's him anyway) are wearing.

And I like the light blue dress the one gal up front is wearing.

*typical female, more concerned about clothes..carry on :P

Added names to the post for convenience. The ones wearing kimonos are Sayaka Ohara and Kana Asumi. Asumin's kimono is definitely lovely. Ohara seems to prefer wear kimonos to every event she attends. The light blue dress you like belongs to Kaori Ishihara, who for a moment had me thinking she wore the same dress she did in the Magi announcement event, but it's not.

Added names to the post for convenience. The ones wearing kimonos are Sayaka Ohara and Kana Asumi. Asumin's kimono is definitely lovely. Ohara seems to prefer wear kimonos to every event she attends. The light blue dress you like belongs to Kaori Ishihara, who for a moment had me thinking she wore the same dress she did in the Magi announcement event, but it's not.

Oh, is that the actress who does Aladdin? She's cute

I remember hearing about Sayaka Ohara before...she'll always be Yuko from xxxholic to me

I was just thinking, is Yoshitsugu Matsuoka considered a new VA this year? Either way, though, with both him and Yuki Kaji getting more and more lead roles, I am looking forward to a rivalry between them one day.

I was just thinking, is Yoshitsugu Matsuoka considered a new VA this year? Either way, though, with both him and Yuki Kaji getting more and more lead roles, I am looking forward to a rivalry between them one day.

Matsuoka already won Best New Actor at last year's awards along with Takuya Eguchi.